@article{Dimitrieska-Stojkovik_Ilievska_Stojanovska-Dimzoska_Uzunov_Hajrulai-Musliu_2014, title={Study on the method performances for screening and confirmatory analysis of aflatoxin M1 in raw milk according to the mycotoxin regulative requirements}, volume={33}, url={https://mjcce.org.mk/index.php/MJCCE/article/view/mjcce.2014.486}, DOI={10.20450/mjcce.2014.486}, abstractNote={<p>Screening and confirmatory methods for Aflatoxin M<sub>1</sub> (AFM<sub>1</sub>) analysis were optimized and studied regarding the European Decision 2002/657/EC requirements. The recoveries of AFM<sub>1 </sub>from the spiked samples at levels between 0.025 and 0.075 µg kg<sup>-1</sup> were 99.6-110.3 % with obtained precision 10.5-13.4 %, confirming the immunochemical method precision and reliability for intensive surveillance studies. According to the regulatory requirements, for confirmation of the obtained positives from the screening, the reference high-performance liquid chromatographic method was evaluated in reference to the performance criteria. The obtained between-day recovery was in the range 67.2-72.8 %, and the precision range 5.4-9.1 %. 205 positives from the screening were subjected to confirmatory analysis. The comparison of the data obtained from the immunoassay and chromatographic method (<em>R</em><sup>2</sup>=0.764) revealed a slight overestimation of the screening method, but no cases of false-negative determinations occurred.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering}, author={Dimitrieska-Stojkovik, Elizabeta and Ilievska, Gordana and Stojanovska-Dimzoska, Biljana and Uzunov, Risto and Hajrulai-Musliu, Zehra}, year={2014}, month={Dec.}, pages={217–226} }